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Rubens Alves: A brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst, was born on 15 September 1933, in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais. Besides his activities as university professor and researcher, Dr. Alves is a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general. Since 1986 he is a regular columnist at the Correio Popular, the main newspaper in his hometown, Campinas, in the state of São Paulo. He has published more than 40 books so far, and several of them have been translated into German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Romanian. He is also a very popular lecturer and is much appreciated by educators in general for his humanistic views on education. His book, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet is an important text in the field of Theopoetics. (This is the original text and below the translation to English) APRENDENDO PALAVRAS PARA MELHORAR OS OLHOS - Rubem Alves. Seria interessante nos debruçarmos sobre as coisas e pessoas simples. Ver Deus no extraordinário é fácil e, portanto, comum. Ver Deus no simples é o desafio. Deus está lá: em cada despretensiosa pessoa, em cada despretensioso gesto. Quem cuida só do extraordinário não cuida do Espírito, cuida do Ego. É o Ego quem privilegia o inusitado. O espírito privilegia a todos e, desta forma, não há privilégios. Não existe um ser mais evoluído que outro. Existem seres em evolução. LEARNING WORDS TO GET BETTER EYES - Rubem Alves. It would be interesting to focus on the simple things and people. To see God in the extraordinary is easy and therefore common. To see God in the simple is the challenge. God is there: in each unpretentious person and in every unpretentious gesture. Who cares only about the extraordinary cares not only of the Spirit, but also of the Ego. It is the Ego that grants privilege to the unusual. The spirit grants privilege to all and thus there are no privileges. There is not a creature more evolved than others. There are beings in development. Regards Lílian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
